LatinoJustice PRLDEF Associate Counsel Natasha Lycia Ora Bannan testified before the New York City Ciouncil on employment discrimination in this city and the need to implement measures, including testing, that can better help determine how particular communities of workers are being discriminated against and how employers are engaging in such discrimination.

LatinoJustice PRLDEF Associate Counsel Natasha Lycia Ora Bannan testified before the New York City Ciouncil on employment discrimination in this city and the need to implement measures, including testing, that can better help determine how particular communities of workers are being discriminated against and how employers are engaging in such discrimination.

LatinoJustice PRLDEF Associate Counsel Natasha Lycia Ora Bannan testified before the New York City Ciouncil on employment discrimination in this city and the need to implement measures, including testing, that can better help determine how particular communities of workers are being discriminated against and how employers are engaging in such discrimination.

LatinoJustice PRLDEF on December 1st, 2014 filed an amicus “friend of the court” brief with the Florida Supreme Court in the pending appeal challenging the Florida Legislature’s 2012 congressional redistricting plan.

In the wake of a New York grand jury failing to indict a police officer in the death of a Staten Island man, LatinoJustice PRLDEF and a coalition of community advocates are urging the U.S. Department of Justice to undertake a full federal civil rights investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Eric Garner, and the New York Police Department’s use of force policies.

LatinoJustice PRLDEF asked the Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday to order the state legislature to redraw maps they created after the maps they first created in 2010 were deemed in violation of the state constitution

LatinoJustice PRLDEF in October, 2014 filed an amicus brief with the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Maldonado v. Holder, known as the ‘Danbury 11 case,’ in support of the Yale Law School Worker & Immigrant Rights Clinic petition requesting en banc review of Circuit’s August 14, 2014 panel decision because of the potential impact the case will have on already vulnerable immigrant population, their ability to safely secure work in public, and their ability to have an immigration court hearing seeking to suppress evidence questionable obtained by law enforcement in violation of their Fourth Amendment rights.

As you head into your Thanksgiving celebration, please take a moment to learn how LatinoJustice PRLDEF, with support from our friends, partners and benefactors, has made an impact on the lives of Latinos this past year – and what we’ll be working on in the year ahead.

The tragedy of Michael Brown's death, unarmed and shot by a member of the Ferguson police, is now followed by the tragic failure of the local courts to force the policeman to stand trial. This cannot stand without a measure of accountability. And on that score look no further than the prosecutor’s office.

Chair Van Bramer and members of the Cultural Affairs Committee thank you for the opportunity to comment in support of New York City Council Resolution 405. My name is Juan Cartagena and I serve as President & General Counsel to LatinoJustice PRLDEF a 42 year old institution in New York that uses litigation and advocacy to protect the rights of Latinos in the United States and works to increase their entry into the legal profession.

Inter American University of Puerto Rico School of Law Dean Dr. Julio Fontanet Maldonado will be the keynote speaker at the Annual LatinoJustice Law Day on Saturday where he will speak about an innovative program to attract students from the USA to study law in Puerto Rico.

LatinoJustice PRLDEF has opened an office in Florida to work on behalf of Latinos throughout the Southeastern United States. For over 40 years, LatinoJustice PRLDEF has worked to protect the rights of Latinos throughout the country and in Puerto Rico from its New York City headquarters.

LatinoJustice PRLDEF has opened an office in Florida to work on behalf of Latinos throughout the Southeastern United States. For over 40 years, LatinoJustice PRLDEF has worked to protect the rights of Latinos throughout the country and in Puerto Rico from its New York City headquarters.

The Department of Justice is being called upon to conduct a full investigation into the unsolved murder and vicious attack against two Latino men four years ago. LatinoJustice PRLDEF is also asking the US Department of Justice to investigate the Suffolk County Police Department’s inability to bring the perpetrators to justice.

In July, 2014, LatinoJustice PRLDEF joined with the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey and other civil rights organizations in submitting a friend-of-the-court brief to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of Hassan, et al, v. City of New York, which challenges the NYC Police Department’ (NYPD) surveillance of Muslims, mosques, Muslim-owned business, and Muslim student associations in New Jersey.

WEDNESDAY, July 30th, Press Conference: The Long Island community calls on the Federal Government to complete a full investigation of the murder of Jose Sanchez, the failure of the Suffolk County Police Department (SCPD) to solve his death and demand accountability and oversight into the SCPD.